'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: major, minor, modal, diatonic, pentatonic, functional, non-functional, chromatic, consonant, dissonant, microtonal, atonal, modulation.
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: Solo, monophonic, melody and accompaniment, unison, octaves, homophonic, tutti, question and answer, call and response, homorhythm, canon, strict counterpoint, imitation, polyphony, fugue.
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring orchestral timbres and playing techniques.
Teaching materials covering key aspects of the musical styles and genres that influenced Rock & Roll, early guitar distortion, the timbres of the Rickenbacker, Les Paul and Fender Esquire, developments in technology. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Score questions focus on primary chord harmony, also suitable for ensemble performance work. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: BPM, largo, andante, moderato, allegro, vivace, presto, accelerando, rit, rall, rubato.
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: dotted, scotch-snap/lombardic, syncopation, triplet, shuffle, swung, anacrusis, polyrhythm, crossrhythm, augmentation, diminution, hemiola.
Teaching materials covering key aspects of Rock Anthems, the hook and riff in context, idiomatic rock guitar playing techniques, power chords, drum fills and solos, plus the timbral worlds of the minimoog, Fender Rhodes and Fairlight CMI used in Synth Rock. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, melodic dictation, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Rehearsing and performing tasks include working with chord extensions, sus chords, slash chords and bass lines. There's also idiomatic Rock Anthem writing tips for students composing songs as part of their coursework. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: time signature, simple duple, triple, quadruple, compound duple, triple, quadruple, asymmetric metres, metric change.
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: reverb, ambience, delay, slap back echo, chorus, EQ, filter sweep, overdubbing, ADT, varispeed, reverse.
Questions on rhythmic devices, rhythm identification, note value recognition, location in bars, number of pitches in a melody, melodic dictation, melodic devices, melodic description, guitar techniques, timbre recognition, period and genre recognition, ornamentation, tonality, tempo in Italian.
